Illinois · Nonprofit
BURLINGTON ROUTE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
BURLINGTON ROUTE HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Illinois) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,616 to it, the largest being THE REBENSDORF FAMILY FOUNDATION ($1,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $290k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $3k
- Net assets
- $616k
What Burlington Route Historical Society does
Mission
Collect & preserve data related to the cb&q railroad
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Locate gather and publish information related to the chicago, burlington & quincy railroad & its predecessors for the information & the benefit of members & others.
$49,774 spent$16,639 earned by the program63% of program spendingTo create and promote fellowship through meetings.
$27,178 spent$28,596 earned by the program34% of program spendingPreserve the history of the chicago, burlington and quincy, colorado and southern, and fort worth and denver city railroads and their predecessors.
$2,378 spent$1,743 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $79,330.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $471k to $643k (+36%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $1k → $292.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BURLINGTON ROUTE HISTORICAL SOCIETY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BURLINGTON ROUTE HISTORICAL SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 63% · 2022 100% · 2023 68% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
BURLINGTON ROUTE HISTORICAL SOCIETY draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $366 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
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In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BURLINGTON ROUTE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BURLINGTON ROUTE HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- BURLINGTON ROUTE HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Illinois) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,616 to it, the largest being THE REBENSDORF FAMILY FOUNDATION ($1,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BURLINGTON ROUTE HISTORICAL SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $2,616 in grants to BURLINGTON ROUTE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BURLINGTON ROUTE HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- THE REBENSDORF FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BURLINGTON ROUTE HISTORICAL SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 5 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing